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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC September 1994 Daily Egyptian 1994 9-23-1994 The aiD ly Egyptian, September 23, 1994 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_September1994 Volume 80, Issue 24 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1994 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in September 1994 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. --- --------------- -----------------------------------~ Daily Egyptian Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Friday, September 23, I 994, Vol. 80, No. 24, 20 Pages Sawyer expresses support for Ensor By Marc Chase lion he had drJfled. announced he was not resigning pointed that when I asked him to Gus Bode Senior Reporter The resolution. which opposed a from his commis~!oner post. but he step down from the executive restriction imposed by University never really expected Ensor to assistant position. he also said he Scnalnrs and exL-c•1li\'I: members I lousing on visitors in the donns leave USG. wanted to step down as commis­ of lhc SIUC Undcrgradualc during Halloween weekend. threat­ ··1 was very much surprised sioner." S1uden1 Government rclaled their ened to invite students from fiw when the announcement came:· Sawyer said Ensor's decision to surprise Thursday af1cr ii contro­ states 10 celebrate Halloween in Erickson said. "'In the back of my resign as executive assistant was versial member of the hodv backed Carbondale if the rcs1riction was head though. I never thought he based on a request he gave to down from ii promise lo resign found to be a hrcach of hou~ing would quit USG all together." Ensor. He told the Daily Egyptian Wednesday night conlract and was not repealed by USG President Edwin Sawyer Monday that he requested that Andrew Ensor. former USG Oct. I. said he is plea~'tl Ensor decided 10 Ensor write the resolution because executive assistant and currently University Legal Council report­ keep his commissioner post. he could not find a senator who commissioner on housing tuition ed 10 USG 1hat 1he restriction is not because he is very knowledgeable would write ii. ,md fees. announced his plans 10 a breech of student contract. in the area of housing. tuition and Carin Musak. USG vice presi­ resign Monday evening. because of Sawvcr said. fees at the University. dent, said both she and Mauhew pressure from 1he USG presidenl David Erickson. USG senator "My reaction (lo Ensor's deci­ Parsons, chief-of-staff. were very Gus says Ensor seems to and a Ur•·'crsily adminisira1or. as for Thompson Point. said he was sion) was one of contentment," have more lives than a black 1he result of a controversial rcsolu- initially surprised whi:n Ensor Sawyer said. "'I was very disap- see ENSOR, page 5 cat on Halloween. Election day nears USG urges students to register By Dean Weaver 10 200 deputy registrars for the Senior Reporter county," he said. "At SIU, the stu­ dent government ha.,; people quali­ There arc 47 days left until clcc­ fied to register student,; to vote, but tion day, but only 19 days arc left lo many of the registrars' licenses have register to vote in Jackson County, expired:· with Oct. 11 the la.~t day for registra­ Matt Parsons, chief of staff for tion. Undergraduate Student Govern­ Robert Harrell. county clerk for ment, said between the two govern­ Jackson County, said student,; have ing bodies at the University. there plenty of opportunities to register. probably arc 25 deputy registrars. Harrell said student,; at SIUC can but he knows of 25 more who wish rcgis1er in the city clerk• s office at to be lrJined to register voters. the Carbondale City Hall or at the "We have lost half of our regis­ driver's license facility in the trars because their lil.cnse has Munlalc Shopping Ccmcr. expired," he said. "I think we will "In addition lo the two Carbondale locations. there arc I 50 see VOTE, page 5 Flood victims laud effort of disaster relief agency• By John Kmltta were treated by FEMA. More than Staff Reporter 92 percent of the 5,000 disaster applicants surveyed expressed satis­ Natural disaster victim,;. including faction with FEMA's Disaster Southwestern Illinois residents Application Centers. Staff Photo by J. Bebar affected by last year's nooding. Those numbers arc reflected showed their satisfaction with the locally by victims of last ycar"s Apple butter Federal Emergency Management flooding of the Mississippi. Elder Axelson, a missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from Agency as many responded favor• John Faust. city manager of St. Louis, Mo. stirs a pot of apple butter at the Frankfort Area Historical Museum. ably to a customer survey. Redbud, said Redbud flood victims Volunteers stirred two pots of the mixture containing 17 bushels of donated apples The preliminary results of the were treated well by FEMA. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The apple-butter making event occurs annually to generate rev­ sur,ey were announced Tuesday by "Our relationship wa.,; rca.~nably enue for the museum, with one pint jars selling for $2.50. The museum Is located at FEMA Director Jamt>.s Lee Win. good. no agency is ever perfect. but 2000 E. St. Louis St., West Frankfort. FEMA provides financial aid for FEMA has been reasonably good."' victims of na1ural disa.<;lcrs. Victims he said. apply for a check from FEMA to Witt commented on the result<; in repair damage 10 their houses and FEMA responds by sending insf>L'C· see FEMA, p!lge 13 Clinton gets public OK on Haiti tors 10 assess the amount of Los Angeles Times sharply divided view of the Haitian will become bogged down there, damage. ··c.ditlller latldactlo• situation has had no measurable distrust,; the Haitian generals and The survey w:., conducted W ASIIINGTON-Amcricans imp;;cl on Clin1on's m·crall stand­ offers limited support for any long­ by an indercndcn! research ,< ,: Level_wlfll flMA ~ generally approve of the negotiat­ ing or on domestic politics gener­ term effort to "restore democracy" firm between February and .( 50 ed scnlemcnl 10 the crisis in Haiti ally. Clinton's standing _with the 10 the troubled Caribbean island. July of this year and included but remain skeptical about long- public remains low-as low~ al Americans do, however, accept applicants from· the last 40 1erm U.S. involvement in that any point in his presidency-and "stopping human rights abuses" as presidentially declared disas• country and unconvinced that any while Americans also remain a justification for U.S. intervention ters._ The study included peo­ vital national interest is present skeptical of his Republican opposi­ in Haiti -a result that underscores ple served from Hurricane there. according to the Los tion. the GOP appears well posi­ Andrew in 1992 lo the Angeles Times Poll. tioned lo make substanlial gains in see HAm, page 13 Northridgc Earthquake in And while the public is more 1his fall's mid-term elections. California la.~I January. supportive of President Clinton"s Acconling 10 the poll. the public handling of Haiti 1han of his han­ remains opposed lo ser,ding U.S. Re!ateq story, Page 7 of1;.~;~f~~~tc~h~i~1f~~ ~~~ -'~,:}~ v:z; !,? l~••·t;:::.:.; ' dling of the rest of his job. the !mops lo Haiti, fc:-trs that the forces satisfied with the way they - .....,.._ ___ ,.,....,._..,._ Opinion -See page4 • Freshman Kelly French • arbondale theaters showcase Comics ~ makes ,strides for SIUC . ~ ... , reative fall play season for '94 -Seepage 17 women's count'r ,f • C Classified c~of -See page 14 ~Rainy -Story on page 8 Hlgh70s • -Story on page 20 . Page2 Dally Egyptian Septembcr23, 1994 ~ I "' ~llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll~ § WE BUY E. ~ GOLD,.~ N e\VS\Vrap ,I =•· Ring Slzlnll "While You wart· = ~~ COid Chains world f Come see us for great gifts such as: =* = § *Engagement Rings § Cigarette and dgar cases, pipes and accessories, cigars, coffees and more! 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